Textile printing paste and method of coating therewith



Patented June 30, 1953 UNITED, STATES TEXTILE PRINTING PASTE AND METHOD 0F COATHN G THEREWITH No Drawing. Application September 22, 1949, Serial No. 117,262. In Germany August 3, 1949 (or. ill-G3) 13 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in the printing and dyeing of textiles of any kind with pigment dyestuffs and more particularly it relates to a novel printing paste.

This application is a continuation-in-part of our copendingapplication Serial No. 105,068, filed July 15, 1949.

According to the hitherto known processes for printing and dyeing textiles with pigments, for the most part ready made, film-forming compositions are uses as binders. These binders have to be Water insoluble in order to ensure a fixation of the pigments that is fast to washing. Therefore, the film-forming agents must be employed in the printing or paddingpastes either in the form of a solution in organic solvents or in the form of an aqueous suspension or emulsion in a mixed aqueous-organic medium. The additional use of organic solvents causes many inconveniences in print and dye works.

forming agents in the form of pure aqueous emulsions are only insufficiently stable and, furthermore, have the disadvantage that the binder does not penetrate sufiiciently deepely into the fiber, as these emulsions are broken immediately on contacting the fabric, the fastness properties being impaired thereby.

It has also been proposed to produce the filmforming agent on the fiber, viz. from components which are added to the printing pastes or padding solutions in a water-soluble condition, for instance, from phenol and formaldehyde. Films thus obtained, however, possess poor mechanical properties. In particular they are too brittle and in consequence thereof fastness to rubbing is poor. Furthermore, film-forming compositions of this kind can be obtained only under Very severe conditions. Such processes, therefore, have not proved to be useful in practice.

It is therefore an object of our invention to provide a binding agent for the pigment or dyestuff soluble in aqueous printing or padding pastes.

A further object resides in the provision of binding agents readily convertible into insoluble, supple and elastic films on the fibrous material. Another object is to provide a printing paste which will fix the pigment on the fabric fast to Washing and which will not impair the feel or hand of the goods.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a process of decorating textile fabrics.

Still further objects will become apparent as the following specification proceeds.

On the other hand, printing or padding pastes containing film- The objects of the invention are accomplished by using as a printing paste a composition having the following characteristics:

(a) As film-forming compositions, resinous polyamines having recurring basic radicalsselected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amino groups, which polymers as such are water insoluble but yield water-soluble salts with acids,

(b) They are present in printing and padding pastes in form of such salts in aqueous solutions,

(0) The printing and padding pastes, furthermore, contain polyfunctiona'l compounds ca pable of I reacting with amino or imino groups (hereinafter called cross-linking agents).

Printing or padding pastes prepared according to the foregoing recipe and containing apart from the pigment dyestuffs the usual additions, such as thickening agents, glycerine' etc., are stable at ordinary temperature for some days, or even for some weeks, which renders them suitable for practical application in print and dye Works. Their stability is due to the fact that the reactivity Of the polymers containing amino-- 3 or imino groups is checked by salt formation with the acids and that the cross-linking agents are present in an undissolved state. The stability of such printing or padding pastes, however, can be overcome in a simple way as soon as they have been applied to the textiles to be printed or dyed. The printed or padded material, for instance, can be subjected to an alkaline aftertreatment. By this treatment the film-forming compositions on the fiber are set free from their salts in an insoluble state, and by liberating the basic groups the conditions are provided for the additional cross-linking reaction with the compounds described sub (0).

Another processing method Of our invention consists in employing the resinous polyamines in the form of their water-soluble salts with volatile acids, In this case, precipitation of the filmforming composition upon the fiber and subsequent cross-linking can be effected simply by drying, since the volatile acids evaporate and by setting free the basic groups provide the conditions required for cross-linking. Which way is the better depends on the special conditions of the printing or dyeing process concerned. For instance, preference isgiven to the alkaline development, if printing is effected in combination with dyestuffs other than pigments, for instance, vator coupling dyes which per se require an alkaline aftertreatment, or if a wet operation is necessary for achieving a special finishing effect.

3 As volatile acids, acetic acid and formic acid are preferred.

The process according to the present invention combines the-advantages of the; known processes referred to above without exhibiting the disadvantages thereof. The use of organic solvents can be dispensed with and the process can be performed in a purely aqueous. medium. The film-forming compositions are sc at c in the aqueous printing or padding pastes and, therefore, easily penetrate the fiber. Furthermo're, they become insoluble by the allral ii re aftertreatment or heating in the presence of cross linking agents and consequen which is fast to washing, acids and alkalies. Despite the cross-linking theiilm-forming. compositions are distinguished by .o'odelasticity and suppleness, properties characteristic for polyvinyl ester, so that a good fastne'ss to rubl u an e d, anil feel sti s fibrqus a -(1 not. i pa red.- rams by dryin already takes place at, moderate temperatures of, forinstance, about 60 -8Q I}, withina few minutesrising by, analkaline aftertreatment is o r ed o w thina wg i ies s h m n s ars tab s binde tain twojor more primary or secondary aminogroups and which are just soluble in water per seer in the form of their salts, their solubility b i sfsoadiu d h t's ant em v easily and completely by a cross linlring reaction.

.It is necessary to produce an insoluble, high molecular weight 'film 'on the textile material, which should preferably also be fixedin theteirlmm r' al- React on l shou therefore be used, whichare pott r; macromolecular, sincecompoundsoftoo high a molecular weightdo not penetrate sufiiciently into the textilernaterial, y, V The effect desired maybe obtained with various polyamines and various cross-linking-agents. .Qf the'fpoly'amines those having a eomparatively hi h {mo sm l 'wfi ht ss s e, solubility characteristics mentioned above. Asa lower t a, minimufi moiecularwe htor about 200 i e' fs r Th maximum. fimq 'fi f fi t b hebe's n is Q m zation "of the macromolecular jpolyamine. The .rnolecular wei ght and reactivity of each polysh ii dhaa iii i d to t m c a weight and r fc'tivityofeach cross-limingagent. If the poly me for instance has a low molecu- ,lar weight andjonly fa few reactive groups, the cr'os'slinlingagent should have a great number of. reactiv efgroups. In those cases where the airline has. the character of a 'macromolecular compound fewer or less active reactivegroups in the cross linking agent are" sufdcient. Polymeric amines obtained by polymerization are p ed.- Obv'i'o ly, the resinous oiyamme should be free fro'in 'grou'ps other than the primary 'or sec- :ondary amino groups, which other groups would preferentially react with the :polyfun'ctional eem oun'ci. Since such reaction would impair the desired "cross linldn'g reaction of the amino p w mofg ,ithe resinous polyamines suitable as binders according'to our invention are th'epoly- 'meric esters "containing aminoor imino 'grou'p's, preferably those derived from a'crylic 'or methacrylic' acid'ester. Naturally further components, such as vinyl esters,.styrene or butadiene, may be copolymerized therewith. Furthermore, copolymers of other esters, for instance fumaric or y insure a fixation maleic acid ester, with the above polymerization components may be employed. The aminoor imino groups can be introduced into the polymeric esters iri, ,variou's ways; For instance, acrylic ester may be subjected to topolymerization with acrylonitrile, and the nitrile groups of the polymer then totally or partly reduced to amino, groups Another way consists in copolyy acrylic ester with acrylamide, adding the copolymer obtained to an acrylonitrile polymer and then reducing the nitrile group to an amino group, Other possibilities consist in reacting poly'acrylicester and ethanol amine and a dd g a amm e or cyanoethyl isocyanate or ethylene imine to the hydroxyethyl amide groups obtained, amino groups being formed either directly or after subsequent reduction. Still another possibility consists in first partially saponifying the polyacrylic ester and then causing it to react with cyano-ethyl-isocyanate. In this case a 'carbonamide link is form'd with the evolution of c'arbonfdioiide, the cyaho group introduced be ing later reduced to an amino group. A particularly simple method for the production of the startiiffg materials consists in condensing polymers containing ester groups with bior polyfunctional amines, such as ethylene 'diarnine', diethyiene triamin'e, 't'etrarnethylen'e diamine, hexamethyiene 'di'amine, N-methylpropylene diam'irie, N-isobutylpropylene diamin'e and diamines with hetero'fatoms or hetero groups, such as "diarninodipropylether, until a state is reached where the eomp'onei'i'ts are .already chemically combined but are still soluble in aqueous acids or organic soNen'tsor'fusible. This intermediate sta e can easily bem'ainta'ined. Preferably the components are heated in the presenceof anorsame solvent for thisp'urpo's'e.

Furthermore, useful polymers "may be obtained by introducing basicgroups into polymers, for'instance, by polymerizing therewith "compounds capable'of reaction with 'dior polya'mines'in'such a manner that basic "group's remain 'in'the:fin'al product, Asan exampieof the many possibilities may be'inntioriedthe interpolymeri'zation' of styrene and acrylfluoride and the subsequent reaction of the interpolymer 1th 'a'diairiine, for instance methyl-propylene-diarnine, in 'themolec u'lar proportion 1:'l

Furthermore polymers "containin groups capable'of reduction or hydrogenation, for instance nitro- 'or nitrile 'groups maybe converted into basic polymeis'by the action 'of'n'ascent or'c'ata lytically'activated hydrogen.

AccordingtoPat' 'rit No. 2,122,707 it 'ispossible to re cer polyvinylmetliylketones basic and watersoluble by reaction with -amm'cu'rii'a. These basic resins "may be "made "insoluble by 'liea tirig. If they are cross linked with bifuncti'onal compounds according to the present "invention, they can 'befiiid muchni'o'requickly "and much more effectively.

Furthermore polyacrylic "acid nitrile "may "be converted into watersoluble derivatives prob ably basic 'ainidinesby the action of "boiling "'phthalimide by means of hydrazinenhydrate, preferably accordingatdthe process of Reynolds (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 69/4, page 91l). I

Basic polyesters may be obtained from isocyanatemodified polyesters, as they are for in- .stance described in the cg pending; application Serial No. 70,598, filed January 12, 1949, by

Muller et al., by reaction with dior polyamines.

Furthermore all those high molecular weight compounds are suited for the process according to the invention in which halogen atoms may be exchanged for amine groups, for instance in chlorinated polyisobutylenes, chlorinated parafiin hydrocarbons with about 12-20 carbon atoms.

A further class of compounds which may be employed according to the present invention are the polyimines, i. e. compounds which contain imino groups in their chain and which are acces sible invarious ways, for instance poylethylene imine may be obtained by polymerization of ethylene imine. By condensation of ethylene chloride With ammonia similar polyimines are accessible.

Furthermore basic polyamides may be mentioned as suitable binders. They may be obtained by the'reaction of dior polycarboxylic acids containing iminogroups or their esters with dior polyamides or 'of dior polyamines containing iminogroups with dior polycarboxylic acids or their esters. As an example of the first named principle of reaction the condensation product from iminodipropionic acid and ethylenediamine may be mentioned:

For the second named group of compounds the reaction productsof oxalic acid ester with diethylene triamine may be taken as an example.

Similarly basic polyurethanes may be employed according to the invention such as they are for instance obtained from N-acetyl-diethanolamine and hexamethylene diisocyanate with subsequent splitting off of the acetyl group. ---OCH2.CH2NHCH2CH2O CO-NH(CH2) sNHCO- Long chain compounds containing iminogroups may also be obtained by linking high molecular polyamines. Thus, polybasic compounds such as are obtained by the addition of bifunctional amines to acrylonitrile and subsequent hydrogenatiommay be linked to yield long chain compounds by reaction with diisocyanates, dicarboxylic acids, dichlorides, diacrylamides etc. For instance hexamethylene diamine is added to acrylonitrile on both sides and hydrogenated." 'The addition of the reaction product to a further acrylonitrile molecule and subsequent hydrogenation is repeated several times until the desired product is obtained:

which for instance may be prolonged by further reaction with one of the following bifunctional compounds:

(a) Oxalylchloride, oxalic'acid ester or the like (1)) diisocyanates, for instance hexanediisocya nate (c) diacrylamides, for instance n-methyldipropylenetriamine diacrylamide.

Basic polymers may also be obtained which may be used according to the invention by the reaction of polybasic compounds with trifunctional compounds like Spermin we-diaminodipropyldiaminobutane) with the trimeric reaction prodnot of formaldehyde a irinimei i l asap; 7: .1

dro-1,3,'5 triacrylyl-s-triazine) having the following probable formula:

0E2 \CH: cup-011%: 01 I N COOH=OHz M V 4 Furthermore the following compounds may be employed as basic, binders: basicpolysaccaridesp for instance so-called amine cellulose, addition products of ethyleneimine and cellulose, hydrolysates of protein substances, forinstantaehydrolysates from glue, casein, or gelatine, and aminolysates with polyamines.

Further monomeric polyamines which are suitable as binders arethe reaction product of epichlorohydrine and ammonia, the hydrogenationsalts are employed in order not to impair the stability of the treating solutions (printing pastes, slopping pastes, impregnating solutions etc.) by premature reaction of the bases with the polyfunctional compounds. The salts of volatile acids are especially suitable asthe volatile acids evaporate during the drying cfthe impregnated textiles and cross-linking startsimmediately. Non-.--

volatile acids may be employed if the basic groups are set free by an alkaline after-treatment, especially in those cases, where an alkaline after-treatmentis necessary in the course of the printing or dyeing process.)

As polyfunctional cross-linkingeagents com-v pounds may be employed which contain two or more radicals capable of reaction with primary or secondary amino groups. Suitable compounds are for instance the so-called polyisocyanateformers. By polyisocyanate-formers compounds are understood, which react like polyfunctional isocyanates at elevated temperatures (of. French Patent 876,285). As examples may be named addition products of one mol of a diisocyanate and twogmols of a 'LS-diketone or 1.3-ketoneester like acetic acid ester or maleic acid ester. Especially Well suited are the addition products of bisulfites and polyfunctional isocyanates which possess theadvantage of being water soluble.

The condensation product obtainable fromacrylonitrile and anhydrous formaldehyde or its polymers in the .presence of acetic acid anhydride and acid condensation agents, for instance, sulfuric acid, and correspondin to the chemical composition Oral-1 0.31% has proved to be a specially suitable cross-linking agent. uct presumably represents a triazine derivative and ;is hereinafter called hexahydro-1.3.5-triarylyl-striazina It is hardly soluble .in an aqueous medium at room temperature, but dis-- solves quickly at higher temperatures.

When volatile acids; are employedwe have;

This prodseasons found that the volatile acids are preferably used. in an amount in excess of thatvnecessary-for dis.- solving the resinous polyamines. Stability of the printing and padding pastes is improved thereby. Our present invention is further illustrated by the following examples without being restricted thereto, the parts being by weight:

Example 1 1000 parts of acrylic acid butylves-terv are diluted with 1000 parts ofbutanol and polymerized at 100 C. with the addition of 0.5% of benzoyl peroxide. I'he polymerisate thus obtained is heated to the boil in a 50 butonal solution with 1-amino-3-methylamine propane, (the ratio of the diamine' to-one ester group being 1:1), until a sample has become; solublein' dilute acetic acid, about 18 hours being required therefor. After separatingth solvent and thenon-reacted'aminc theresiduer is washed with water'and'disspl'ved'in 2n diluteacetic acid with an excess of'about' of the calculated amount of acid to yield 2; aqueous viscous solution.

A printing paste containing;

200' parts of thea-bove 40%, acetic acid. solution. 200 parts of a 20%, pigment'dyestufii paste; 16 parts of w, finely powdered hexahydro-lfifiz triacrylyl-s-triazine; 300 parts. of tragacanth thickening; 65:100' 284 parts of water is printed upon a cotton fabric. After printingit is dried and the'fabr-icis expo'sed to a-temperature of 60-100" C. for 10-5-mi'nutes. Besides a good feel, the pri'nting design thus obtained ex hibits excellent fastness properties.

Example 2 Aafixation'of pigments according to the'pad' dyeing process which is fast to washing is ac-' complishediinethe: following manner parts; oftragacanth thickening 651100 are stirred with 50 parts of the! acetic acid solutionoflthe basic esteras described-in Example 1' and" 10? parts. of: heXahydro-l.315 triacrylyl-ytriazine'- int'oaa level: paste and dilutedwith" 390" parts of cold water: About 10 partsof' a 20% -pigment dyestuii paste are stirre'dwith 400'parts of water andiadded to thefirst solution through a fine hair sieve; A mixed; fabric of cotton and viscose rayon; is: passedth'rough this paddingdiqu'or' on 50 atwo+bowl paddingmachine; dried'a'nd heatedas described in": Examplerl. A dyeing-is -obtained withiazgood handle; excellent levelling and fast' ness: Theresistancetof the fabric 'to' *ab'rasibhis improved; by' the. pad-dyeing:

Eimmple 3 The.- following resistisrprinted. on cotton. tabs--- rics:

30': parts of sodium chlorate- 1 :2 10 parts of ammonium. vanadate 15 1100 Thereafter it is dried, steamed for 5' minutes,-

washed and soaped with soda at the boil. Fixation of' the binding agent is carried out at the same time as the developing and fixing of the" dyestuff from the leu'co-sul'fur'ic' acid ester on steaming, Accordin to: this method, a? colored resist of excellent f'astness is obtained.

Example 4 A plastic colored resist under Variamin'eBlue which is" fast to washing is obtained as follows:

(11) Impregnatin'g a fabricwith 12 parts of 0- oxy-B-naphthcic acid anilide' per 1000 parts of water on a two-bowl padding. machine, drying" and (7)) Printing with 350 'parts of tragacanth :1000:

200 parts 01" the 40% acetic acid solution of Example-1 200=parts of a 20% pigment dyestuff paste- 16- parts of finely powdered: hexahyd-i'o ll3z5- triacrylyl-s-triazine 100 parts of lactic-acid 100 parts of water drying;

(0) Developin with 20 parts per 1000 parts of water'of the acid salt of" the dia'zo' compound from 4-a'min'o 4' -methoxydiphenylamine ning' once through a padding machine; short a'ir' passage, passingthe goods through a hot bathwhichcontains 10 pa'rts'of sodium bisulphite per 1000 parts of water. The fabric is then washed and subsequently soaped with soda at the boil, washed anddried. Fixation of the pigment dyestuff is caried out partly by di' yi'rign v and partly.

in' an alkaline'soap' bath,-

Example 5 A cotton fabric is printed with a mix consisting of:

200 parts" of tragacanth 65: 100

200 parts of the.- 40% acetic acid solution of- Example l v 200 partsofa 20%.pigment dyestuitpa'ste" 16 parts.- of finely powdered hexahydro-L3i5- triacrylyl-s-triazinei parts of: anhydrous sodium acetate- 150 parts of'zinc 0xid *1:l

174*pa1'ts. of water thereafter dried. and the. printedfabricis==padded on a'foulard with a paddinghsolution containing;

parts of aniline hydrochloride 40 parts of tragacanth 65:100

5 parts of aniline dissolvedin' 220parts of'wafe'i" 54*part's of'potassium" ferrocya'nide dissolved in 220. parts of water 307 parts of sodium chlorate dissolved in' 220- parts of water thereafterwit is dried and subsequently steamedfor.3i minutes in-arapid agerzand; at last; isoaped' with soda at the boil. There is obtained a' colored resist under aniline black whioh -is-distim' guished by brilliancy, sharpl outlines and-excel lent fixation of the pigment dyestuif. I

Eazample 6- A"c010re d resist is" obtained in thesiliipl'est manner by printingla fabric as describedin Examplel, drying, slbp-paddi ngland' further-- 75 1 treating asdescribed in- Examples;

is printed upon a cotton fabric.

precipitated and Washed with alcohol.

Example 7 An interpolymer containing 90 parts of styrene and ten parts of acrylfiuoride, dissolved in 100 parts of benzene is added drop by drop to a solution of 2-0 parts of methylpropylenediamine:

HII\YCH1-CH2CHQNH2 ona in 100 parts of butanol. After the reaction is finished the solution i steam-distilled, the residue Washed with water, precipitated from acetic acid solution with soda lye, washed and dried. The material thus obtained contains about'two per cent basic nitrogen which can be determined by titration. It is soluble in dilute acetic acid with weak opalescence.

A printing paste containing:

250 parts of tragacanth thickening t 400 parts of a per cent weakly acetic acid solution of the basic polystyrene 200 parts of hexahydro-1,3,5-triacrylyl-s-triazine 130 parts of water After printing, drying follows at 100 C. The printing design thus obtained exhibits excellent fastness properties.

Example 8 An unsized paper foil is immersed in a 20 per cent solution of the acetate of the basic polystyrene of Example 1, containing 20 per cent of hexahydro-l,3,5triacrylyl-s-triazme (calculated on the weight of the basic polystyrene) as a crosslinking agent, centrifuged and dried at 80 C. By this treatment the paper foil has become resistant to ink and no flushing occurs.

Example 9 160 parts of a polyester from adipic acid and ethyleneglycol with an hydroxyl number of 62 and an acid number of 0.6 is freed from water at 130 C. in vacuo and 30 parts of hexanediisocyanate are added at 100 C. After stirring for an hour (the content of NCO is 3.96 per cent as calculated) the solution is diluted with 160parts of chloroform and 1'7 parts of methylpropylenediamine in 100 parts of chloroform are added.

Then the solvent is distilled off and the residue,

containing about 1.5 per cent of basic nitrogen capable of being determined by titration, is dissolved in a solution of water and the calculated quantity of acetic acid to yield a per cent paste.

A printing paste, containing 350 parts of tragacanth thickening 250 parts of a 40 per cent weakly acetic acid solution of the basic polyester 200 parts of a 20 per cent pigment dyestufi paste 20 parts of hexahydro-l,3,5-triacrylyl-s-triazine 230 parts of water is printed upon a cotton fabric. After printing it is dried at 120 C. The printing design thus obtained is resistant to light and washing and the material has a softhand.

Example 10 70 parts of vinylsuccinimide (M. P. 42 C.) obtained by addition of sucinimide to acetylene, are mixed with 0.5 per cent of benzoylperoxide and polymerized at 100 C. with cooling. The weakly yellow, brittle polymer is heated for 18 hours to 120 C. with 200 parts of hydrazinehydrate, then The polybasic compound obtained isdiluted with the cal l0 culated quantity of acetic acid to yield a ten per cent viscous solution.

A printing paste, containing 200 parts of tragacanth thickening 300 parts of a ten per cent solution of the acetate of the above polyvinylamine.

250 parts of a 20 per cent pigment dyestuff paste 60 parts of hexahydro-1,3,5-triacrylyl-s-triazine 190 parts of water is printed on a cotton fabric. After printing the material is heated for 15 minutes to 100 C. The printing design thus obtained is fast to light and washing.

Example 11 Example 12 A cotton fabric is printed with a printing paste of the following composition: 50 parts of poly ethyleneimine (50 per cent) are diluted with water to 200 parts. 200 parts of lndanthrenbrown BR (Schultz Fa rbstofitabellen No. 1227) (pigment dyestuff paste-20 per cent) are stirred into this solution and diluted with 400 parts of water. Then parts of acetic acid (50 per cent) and 65 parts of the reaction product of potassium bisulfite and hexanediisocyanate are added, or instead, 60 parts of formaldehyde (30 per cent).

After printing the material is dried shortly and reacted for five minutes at C. A brown print of excellent general fastness properties is obtained.

Example 13 15 parts of polyethyleneimine are dissolved in 45 part of hot water, 30 parts of tragacanth thickening are stirred into the solution and the whole diluted with water to 500 parts. Ten parts of Heliogenblue B (Schultz Farbstoiltabellen 7th edition, 2nd suppl. vol, page.

195) pigment dyestuff paste (20 per cent) are mixed with 470 parts of water and added to the above solution. Then 25 parts of acetic acid (50 per cent) and 25 parts of hexahydro-1, 3,5- triacrylyl-s-triazine are added. A cotton fabric is dyed with this padding mixture, dried and reacted for live minutes at 100 C. A dyeing of excellent uniformity and general fastness properties is obtained.

Example 14 A cotton fabric is printed with: 50 parts of polyethyleneimine (50 per cent), dissolved in 150 parts of water, 50 parts of methyl cellulose, 200 parts of Hansay'ellow G (Schultz Farbstoifta bellen No. 84) (20 per cent) 100 parts of water, 75 parts of acetic acid (50 per cent), so parts of sodium acetate, dissolved in parts of water, parts of zinc'oxide 1:1, 65 parts of the reaction product of potassium bisulfite and hexanediisocyanate.

After printing the fabric is dried shortly and heated for five minutes to 100 C. The material is then passed through a slopped liquor containing: 85 parts of anilinechlorohydrate, 40 parts of tragacanth five parts of aniline oil, 220 parts of water, 54 parts of potassium ferrocyanide dissolved in 200 parts of water, 30 parts of S diumchlorate, dissolved in 320 parts of water.

After padding the material is dried, treated with steam for three minutes and oxidized with three grams of potassium bichromate and two grams of soda per liter for a minute and a half at 50 C. Then the material is rinsed and soaped boiling. In this manner a colored resist under aniline black with excellent properties is obtained.

Example 15 A solution is prepared, containing per liter 50 grams of the acetic acid salt of the. addition prodnot of three mols of our-diamin0dipropylenediminobutane (Spermin) to the reaction product of acrylonitrile and formaldehyde (hexahydro-l,3,5-triacrylyl-s-triazine) 58 parts of glyoxal (30 per cent) or 45 parts of hexahydro-1,3,5-triacrylyls-triazine (dissolvedin a mixture of water and acetone). A glass fabric is impregnated with this solution, centrifuged, and heated for ten minutes to 150 C. The fabric is then dyed in an acetic acid solution with one per cent of Wool Fast Blue BL (Schultz Farbstofftabellen 1931, vol. I, No. 974). A full shade, reddish blue dyeing of excellent fastness to water is obtained.

Example 16 A printing paste containing 150 parts of a basic polyamide, obtained from,

oxalic acld-diethylester and 'dipropylenetriamine,

170 parts of acetic acid (30 per cent) 90 parts of Water 200 parts of a 20 per cent dyestuff paste 350 parts of a tragacanth thickening 40 parts of hexahydro-l,3,5-triacrylyl-s-triazine is printed on a cotton fabric. After printing it is dried and heated for five minutes to 100 C. A printing of excellent general properties is obtained.

Eramnle 1.?

A plastic, colored resist of Variamin-Blue resistant to washing is obtained as follows:

(a) Grounding of a fabric with 12 parts 0- hydroxy-fi-naphthoic acid anilide per liter on a double-roller-padding machine and drying,

(12) Printing with 350 parts of tragacanth thickening "50 parts of polyethylene imine (50 per cent) dissolved in 150 parts of water 200 parts of a 20 per cent pigment dyestuif paste 65 parts of the addition compound of hexamethylenediisocyanate and potassium bisulfite 100 parts of lactic acid 110 parts of water and drying.

(0) Developing with 20 grams of the hydrochloride of the diam-compound of 4-aminol'- methyoxydiphenylamine per liter in one passage over a slop-padding machine, a short passage through air, passing of the fabric through a hot bath, containing ten grams per liter of sodium bisulfite. After rinsing the fabric is soaped hot with soda, then rinsed again and. dried. The fixation of the pigment dyestufi is caused partly by drying and partly by the alkaline soap bath.

- cyanate addition products capable of setting free a polyisocyanate upon heating and hexahydro- 1.3.5-triacrylyl-s-triazine, said basic radicals being the groups in said resinous polyamine primarily capable of reacting with the polyfunctional compound.

2. A textile printing paste comprising a pigment, a thickening agent, an aqueous solution of a salt formed from a volatile acid and a resinous polyamine having recurring basic radicals selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amino groups, and a polyfunctional compound selected from the group consisting of isocyanate addition products capable of setting free a polyisocyanate upon heating and hexahydro- 1.3.5-triacrylyl-s-triazine, said basic radicals being the groups in said resinous polyamine primarily capable of reacting with the polyfunctional compound.

3. A textile printing paste comprising a pigment, a thickening agent, an aqueous solution of a salt formed from an acid and a basic polymer of an ester of an unsaturated aliphatic acid, the basic radicals in said polymer being selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amino groups, and a polyfunctional compound selected from the group consisting ofisocyanate addition products capable of setting free a polyisocyanate upon heating and hexahydro-lfifitriacrylyl-s-triazine, said basic radicals being the groups in said resinous polyamine primarily capable of reacting with the polyfunctional compound.

4. A textile printing paste as claimed in claim 3 wherein the unsaturated aliphatic acid is an acrylic acid, and the polyfunctional compound is hexahydro-1.3.5-triacrylyl-s-triazine.

5. A textile printing paste as claimed in claim 1 wherein the resinous polyamine is a basic linear polyamide,

6. A textile printing paste as claimed in claim 1 wherein the resinous polyamine is a basic polyurethane.

7. A textile printing paste as claimed in claim 1 wherein the resinous polyamine is a polyethylene imine.

8. A textile printing paste comprising a pigment, a thickening agent, an aqueous solution of the acetic acid salt of the reaction product of an aliphatic diamine with an acrylic acid ester polymer, and hexahydro-l.3.5-triacrylyl-s-triazine.

9. A textile printing paste comprising a pigment, a thickening agent, an aqueous solution of the acetic acid salt of the reaction product of 1 amino 3 methylamino e propane with polyacrylic acid butylester, and hexahydro-1.3.5-triacrylyl-s-triazine.

10. The process of decorating textiles, which comprises applying to said textiles a printing paste as claimed in claim 1, and then rinsing said textiles in an aqueous solution of alkali to remove the acid constituent from the polymer salt contained n sa d past 11. The process of decorating textiles which comprises applying to said textiles a printing paste as claimed in claim 2, and then heating said textiles to remove the volatile acid from the polymer salt contained in said paste.

12. The process of decorating textiles, which comprises applying to said textiles a printing paste as claimed in claim 3, and then rinsing said said textiles in an aqueous solution of alkali to remove the acid constitutent from the polymer l0 salt contained in said paste.

13. The process of decorating textiles, which comprises applying to said textiles a printing paste comprising a pigment, a thickening agent,

an aqueous solution of a salt formed from a 15 volatile acid and a polymer eat an acrylic acid ester, said polymer containing basic radicals selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amino groups, and hexahydro-1.3.5- triacrylyl-s-triazine, and then heating said textile to remove the volatile acid from the polymer salt contained in said paste.

HELMUT KLEINER. o'rro BAYER. BENNO BE'C'HT.

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3. A TEXTILE PRINTING PASTE COMPRISING A PIGMENT, A THICKENING AGENT, AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A SALT FORMED FROM AN ACID AND A BASIC POLYMER OF AN ESTER OF AN UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC ACID, THE BASIC RADICALS IN SAID POLYMER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMINO GROUPS, AND A POLYFUNCTIONAL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ISOCYANATE ADDITION PRODUCTS CAPABLE OF SETTING FREE A POLYISOCYANATE UPON HEATING AND HEXAHYDRO-1.3.5TRIACRYLYL-S-TRIAZINE, SAID BASIC RADICALS BEING THE GROUPS IN SAID RESINOUS POLYAMINE PRIMARILY CAPABLE OF REACTING WITH THE POLYFUNCTIONAL COMPOUND.
 12. THE PROCESS OF DECORATING TEXTILES, WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO SAID TEXTILES A PRINTING PASTE AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM 3, AND THEN RINSING SAID SAID TEXTILES IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ALKALI TO REMOVE THE ACID CONSTITUTENT FROM THE POLYMER SALT CONTAINED IN SAID PASTE. 